One of the coolest things in the Avalanche locker room at the Pepsi Center was Joe Sakic’s corner locker stall. Since Sakic retired in 2009 — until now — it was encased in glass with his stick added to the collection. It featured all his gear — including the ancient shoulder pads of different decades sewn together by different brands of material.

UPDATE: Because of Sakic’s new position as executive VP of hockey operations, the stall is moving upstairs, to the concourse at the Pepsi Center. There is no timetable for the completion of the glass-cased “statue,” which will be a statue of sorts for fans to take pictures beside it.

In tonight’s pregame press conference Sakic said he thought of making the switch.

“I thought it’s better to have it upstairs and include the fans,” Sakic said. “It would be tough for me to go in the dressing room and see my stall there. It just wouldn’t seem right, being in my position.”

“I saw it (in July) after the draft and it’s pretty cool to sit beside his old stall,” MacKinnon said. “I may even put a little barrier here (pointing to the crack separation) so even my knee won’t cross over there.”

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.

Chambers covers college and professional hockey for The Denver Post. He has written for the Post since 1994, after dumping his first 9-to-5 office job a couple years out of college. He primarily follows the University of Denver hockey team and helps cover the Avalanche.